Assessment

Dr. Day has extensive experience conducting comprehensive psychological assessments. He has completed psychodiagnostic assessments, assessments for insurance purposes, assessments for Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), risk assessments for use by Corrections Canada and the National Parole Board, and assessments used for treatment purposes.

Psycho-diagnostic assessments:
Dr. Day has over ten years experience conducting comprehensive psychological and diagnostic assessments in university teaching hospitals, dual diagnosis centers, forensic environments, and outpatient settings. Dr. Day has completed hundreds of extensive psychological assessments integrating information from a thorough clinical interview, a structured diagnostic interview (i.e. SCID-1), file information, and psychometric testing. Dr. Day possesses experience and expertise administering and interpreting comprehensive instruments assessing psychopathology and personality functioning (i.e. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 , Personality Assessment Inventory, Millon Multiaxial Clinical Inventory-III, and the NEO-PI).. He also has completed a large number of assessments of intellectual functioning ; academic achievement ;, memory functioning and assessments for specific types of psychological symptoms (i.e. depression, PTSD). Dr. Day has also had extensive experience completing structured SCID-I interviews, which systematically and comprehensively assesses for psychiatric symptoms and provides clinical diagnoses based on objective and evidence-based information.

Psychological Assessments for Insurance Purposes:
Dr. Day has completed psychological assessments with WSIB clients and individuals who have had motor vehicle accidents. These evaluations often address questions assessing an individual’s current psychological symptoms and whether these symptoms are related to compensable workplace incidents/motor vehicle accidents. Dr. Day has completed over a hundred assessments used for insurance purposes. Dr. Day has also been hired as a consultant to complete DAC assessments and to complete independent psychological evaluations that were used for insurance purposes.

Risk Assessments:
Dr. Day has conducted forensic research, assessments, and treatment with convicted criminals. Dr. Day has been employed as consultant to complete risk assessments for the National Parole Board. These assessments were used by the Parole Board in determining whether an inmate would be released into the community or remain in custody. These assessments were conducted with violent and sexual offenders incarcerated in the federal penitentiary system. Dr. Day has extensive experience administering and interpreting psychological instruments (such as the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised; HCR-20; RRASOR; VRAG) that research has found predict an inmate’s risk of committing future violent and sexual offences.